Jonathan Rice

Employment Recruitment

Job Search Scam Further Damages Recruitment’s Reputation

For an industry often compared unfavourably with those selling used cars and snake oil the recruitment industry has been keeping its nose pretty clean in New Zealand in recent months. That was until tonight when I saw the 6 o'clock News report that revealed a job search scam seemingly set…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 6, 2012

Recruitment

Sir Graham Henry Embraces Recruitment

Those of you browsing these pages this week for updates, commentary and salacious gossip around the awarding of the All-of-Government recruitment contract will be sorely disappointed. Surely you are all aware that the MBIE "would just like to remind you of the continued requirement as to confidentiality and commercial sensitivity…

Jonathan RiceAugust 30, 2012

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

SEEK eats LinkedIn for Breakfast

Quick one this week. As you read this I should be well on my way to the mountain to show my kids snow for the first time. Hopefully there's a spare carrot somewhere in Ohakune for the snowman's nose. It was good to see a number of you at the LinkedIn…

Jonathan RiceAugust 23, 2012

Human Resources Recruitment

Cheating Olympians; Cheating Recruiters

This week got off to a pretty eventful start for New Zealand's shot put silver medallist Valerie Adams when she was informed that the woman person she had lost her Olympic crown to, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, had tested positive for anabolic steroid metenolone. Joy and relief all round, as the news delivered…

Jonathan RiceAugust 16, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Tumbleweeds Rolling Across New Zealand’s Recruitment Industry

There's nothing happening in the New Zealand recruitment industry. OK I admit that's not the most attention grabbing opening line of The Whiteboard blog that you'll ever see. But, after spending the week in Wellington, it's just the way it is right now. I'm here to bring you news, views…

Jonathan RiceAugust 9, 2012

Recruitment

How to Buy Friends and Influence People

Recruiting recruiters can be a tricky assignment at the best of times. Like many sales people, recruiters are usually very good at presenting themselves in a positive light, finding smart ways to accentuate their virtues whilst glossing over their shortcomings. This can make assessing the skills and abilities of a recruiter…

Jonathan RiceAugust 2, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Christchurch Recruitment’s Bright Future

I've just returned to Auckland after spending a couple of days mooching around the Christchurch recruitment industry and it's hard to know quite how to start this blog post. What an amazing city. Brought to its knees by the devastating earthquake back in February 2011, this place still has a…

Jonathan RiceJuly 26, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Olympics Security Shambles Reveals the Fallacy of “Talent Pooling”

As Sir Alex Ferguson might say, it's "sqweaky bum time" in the New Zealand recruitment agency world as firms of all shapes and sizes await the MED Procurement team's decision of who to award panel places on the all of Government recruitment contract. Meanwhile, on the other side of the…

Jonathan RiceJuly 19, 2012

Human Resources Recruitment

Top Three Recruitment Myths that are…Utter Bollocks

I was going to write a post this week that followed up on last week's runaway train blog on the All of Government e-tender. An obvious topic to cover would have been to put to the floor the vigorous debate that has sprung up around price versus quality in recruitment…

Jonathan RiceJuly 12, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

All-of-Government Recruitment a Bitter Pill to Swallow

There will be some sore heads in Wellington this morning. Some perhaps from the collective palm-meets-forehead moments when recruitment managers and sales managers saw how low the bidding was going for the privilege of recruiting for All-of-Government. But mostly from the boozy wake that must surely have been held to…

Jonathan RiceJuly 5, 2012

Sir Graham Henry Embraces Recruitment

Cheating Olympians; Cheating Recruiters

Tumbleweeds Rolling Across New Zealand’s Recruitment Industry

Christchurch Recruitment’s Bright Future

Olympics Security Shambles Reveals the Fallacy of “Talent Pooling”

Top Three Recruitment Myths that are…Utter Bollocks

All-of-Government Recruitment a Bitter Pill to Swallow

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